After screening 637,582,122 passengers in 2012 (around 1,746,800 a day), here are some of the more dangerous, scary, and downright unusual items our officers found in 2012. This post is a reflection of the outstanding work our officers are doing in the field thanks to their vigilance and attention to detail.

Except for an extreme emergency in Canada where one of our daughters lives, I don’t plan to ever board another plane. I’ve been everywhere foreign that I’ve want to go, so I will happily stay right here in the good ole USA.

Just wondering what sort of things they’ll be able to add to the list when they start doing random stops and searches on the interstates. Since they don’t have arrest powers at the airport, will they on the roads? I believe they have the authority do “detain” someone at the airport. All sounds like BS to me. Just more from the power hungry radical left wing extremists trying to put their thumb on law abiding citizens who are suddenly criminals.

Carson City. Noon. Saturday 1/19.

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posted on 01/16/2013 7:01:12 AM PST
by rktman
(Live the oath you took or get out of office!)

You all ought to check the border. I bet there’s more scarier stuff there than what you’ll find at the airport. But no...you don’t want to do this. Your delight is in manhandling Americans. Laughing at them because they think they have Constitutional rights.

Well I am a Grannie and just flew back from Springfield MO Monday so a quick story. When I flew out of LAX they pulled me out of line because the xray guy did not like something in my purse. I told the guy there is jewelry and everything else in there. Turns out it was my ecig filter refills. I said......millions of people travelling through here and you guys have never seen an ecig refill?
Leaving SGF Monday the walk through xray beeped....now what? Gal says random and swabs my hands. I said.....didn’t know burger grease was illegal. lol Then she is done and the bag xray guy hollers whose bag is this.....sheesh it is mine. He says need to run it through again so I tell another TSA guy standing there I got stopped coming through LAX once and twice here in SGF. He laughed and said....I’m taking you to Vegas.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - A Norfolk couple has filed a lawsuit against a major airline after a sex toy was allegedly taped to their luggage.

Christopher Bridgeman and Martin Borger of Norfolk filed the lawsuit in Harris County, Texas against United Continental regarding an incident in May.

Read the lawsuit.

The lawsuit alleges on May 21, 2011, Bridgeman and Borger were returning to Norfolk from Costa Rica when they had a layover in Houston. In Houston, the pair grabbed their bags and rechecked them prior to boarding their flight to Norfolk.

Warning: The second photograph attached to this story is of the item. We have blurred most of it out.

When they arrived at ORF, the couple was shocked to discover a sex toy had been removed from one of their bags, covered with a greasy foul-smelling substance and taped to the bag, according to the lawsuit.

I knew exactly what it was when I saw it, Borger told NBC News. I was absolutely and utterly shocked and embarrassed and humiliated and I didnt even know what to do at the time.

The lawsuit claims the employee(s) responsible knew that the bag belonged to a man due to a name tag and the male clothing inside of the bag. The lawsuit goes on to say “there is a high likelihood that these acts were directed towards [the men] because they are homosexuals and because they are males.”

The NBC News report said Bridgeman thought an airline employee found the toy, saw it belonged to a man and decided to humiliate them.

The couple told NBC News they reported the incident to United Continental, but did not like the response. An airline employee said the airline offered the men a gesture of goodwill, which was declined.

Christen David, Senior Manager of Media Relations with United Continental released the following statement:

“United does not tolerate discrimination of any kind. After conducting a thorough investigation, we determined that there is no support for this allegation. Nonetheless, we offered these valued customers a gesture of goodwill which they declined. We will vigorously defend ourselves and our employees.”

Faubus and Scarborough LLP of Houston would not disclose now much money the couple was seeking with the lawsuit, but released the following statement:

We have filed this lawsuit on behalf of our clients, Christopher Bridgeman and Martin Borger, to redress the harm they have suffered as a result of United Continentals callous disregard for their most basic rights. We believe that every person  no matter be treated with dignity and respect. Sadly, in this instance, United Continental clearly did not share that belief and instead chose to humiliate Christopher and Martin by crudely exposing a very personal and private item. United Continentals conduct was reprehensible and should be shocking to all. With this lawsuit, our clients hope to effect change at an airline, and to an industry, that has clearly lost sight of the importance of personal privacy, human dignity, and respect.

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posted on 01/16/2013 7:35:11 AM PST
by doug from upland
(Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)

Doesn’t much matter which party was in power. TSA has far exceeded any bounds of decency. I know for the most part their just folks doing their jobs. And, I respect the ones that put in an honest days work. Sadly they mostly go along to get along. But, I guess it was Bush’s fault. Just like it was his fault for “allowing” the AWB to expire. If he hadn’t, hussein wouldn’t be having to rule by fiat and Newtown would never have occurred. Dang unintended consequences.

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posted on 01/16/2013 8:55:58 AM PST
by rktman
(Live the oath you took or get out of office!)

TSA agent foils terrorist team attempting to board airplane.A group of terrorists all wearing identical sweaters with the motto Al-Gebra Team on thier backs tried to board a plane headed to Ma.They claimed they were a highschool math class headed for a mathematics competition.The TSA agent saw the Al-Gebra words on thier letter jackets and captured them before boarding.Obama praised the agent in a speach saying everyone will be much safer once we defeat Al-Gebra once and for all.

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